A Missoula person convicted of killing a German exchange student in 2014 was once again denied an attractiveness by the Montana Supreme Courtroom on Tuesday.
Markus Kaarma appears in Missoula County District Court docket in 2019.
Markus Kaarma appealed a July 2019 Missoula District Court docket buy which denied him petition for article-conviction aid and request for a new demo.
Publish-conviction relief makes it possible for defendants to raise troubles and deliver additional proof soon after the situation has absent to demo and a judgement has been issued.
Kaarma, who is in his late 30s, was convicted of killing 17-year-aged Diren Dede, a German foreign exchange college student in Missoula, who entered Kaarma’s garage a single night in April 2014. The property had been burglarized two moments prior.
When Kaarma noticed Dede getting into his house on security cameras, he grabbed his shotgun and went to the garage and began firing, court docket paperwork said.
The scenario went to trial in December 2014 and Kaarma was convicted of deliberate murder. He then moved for a new trial, which was denied. The Missoula District Court docket sentenced Kaarma in 2015 to 70 years in the Montana Condition Prison.
Kaarma has filed various appeals. The point out Supreme Court docket upheld the conviction in 2017.